films
Netflix’s ‘American Son’: Gut-wrenching examination of race and the American dream
November 25, 2019It’s powerful storytelling that will make you feel particularly angry, but may leave you frustrated, as it gives no pointers on where to direct that anger next.
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Latin America at the Toronto International Film Festival
November 22, 2019Cuba, plagued by endless U.S. boycotts and sanctions, has little money left to sustain and develop their cultural exports.
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‘The Two Popes’: The god couple
November 22, 2019Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, who was Oscar-nominated for 2002’s City of God and Golden Globe-nommed for 2005’s The Constant Gardener, is back with another topical film.
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‘Desert One’: The imperialists who couldn’t shoot straight
November 21, 2019From Harlan to Hormel to Hemingway to Hostages, two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple is one of America’s preeminent documentarians.
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‘The Irishman’: Pacino, Paquin and the gangs of New York are all here
November 20, 2019I enjoyed this epic three quarters of the way through, but I could have lived without the final hour or so, which basically deals with growing old.
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